New Steam Library Folder On Same Drive?

[Dyantier]

I can't seem to make another steam library folder on my same drive. I want to make a library folder in C:/SteamLibrarySSD. However, I keep receiving this message every time I try to designate that as a steam library folder,

"Selected drive already has a Steam library folder. Steam will manage multiple game installs in a single folder for you."

Any help would be greatly appreciated. :)

[TopTuk]

CZBGR Icepick původně napsal:

bLoWsMokE původně napsal:

I can't figure out what you're guys are trying to say. How should this be written in the VDF file? I've tried it many ways but there is no change in the behavior of ANYTHING. I still cannot move my Oblivion folder outside program files.

I've pirated this game when I was young and broke, and I modded the hell out of it. I figured "Lemme support the game by buying it"

NONE OF THESE PROBLEMS WOULD BE THERE IF I JUST ♥♥♥♥♥♥ PIRATED THE GAME THIS IS SO STUPID! I'm literally going through hell because I finally decided to BUY the game legit. I'm seriously thinking about just downloading the crack and bypassing steam altogether. I'm getting so aggravated by this! Why can't I just make a new a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ library!?? ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!!!

How ♥♥♥♥♥♥ stupid is this SERIOUSLY!?

It's not as convoluted as it looks. You really don't need to edit any VDF files, because the rule is that Steam was programmed to only group all the installs in 1 folder in 1 drive only. That can be done by going to Steam > Settings > Downloads > Steam Library Folders which has a simple manager that manages your drives where the installs go. You cannot put the game on a different folder in the same drive. The only way you can do that in Steam is for non-Steam games, which is what you're gonna have to assign in this case.

There's no need for pirating or using a crack, because that will NOT have any affect on Steam.

U can lmao - http://ipic.su/aPBMF.png

[crunchyfrog]

TopTuk původně napsal:

CZBGR Icepick původně napsal:

It's not as convoluted as it looks. You really don't need to edit any VDF files, because the rule is that Steam was programmed to only group all the installs in 1 folder in 1 drive only. That can be done by going to Steam > Settings > Downloads > Steam Library Folders which has a simple manager that manages your drives where the installs go. You cannot put the game on a different folder in the same drive. The only way you can do that in Steam is for non-Steam games, which is what you're gonna have to assign in this case.

There's no need for pirating or using a crack, because that will NOT have any affect on Steam.

U can lmao - http://ipic.su/aPBMF.png

He never said you couldn't. You seem to have misunderstood the point. He said you should be able to do that because Steam was DESIGNED to work on one folder. NOT that you cannot do otherwise.

[Just_bLoW]

CZBGR Icepick původně napsal:

bLoWsMokE původně napsal:

I can't figure out what you're guys are trying to say. How should this be written in the VDF file? I've tried it many ways but there is no change in the behavior of ANYTHING. I still cannot move my Oblivion folder outside program files.

I've pirated this game when I was young and broke, and I modded the hell out of it. I figured "Lemme support the game by buying it"

NONE OF THESE PROBLEMS WOULD BE THERE IF I JUST ♥♥♥♥♥♥ PIRATED THE GAME THIS IS SO STUPID! I'm literally going through hell because I finally decided to BUY the game legit. I'm seriously thinking about just downloading the crack and bypassing steam altogether. I'm getting so aggravated by this! Why can't I just make a new a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ library!?? ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!!!

How ♥♥♥♥♥♥ stupid is this SERIOUSLY!?

It's not as convoluted as it looks. You really don't need to edit any VDF files, because the rule is that Steam was programmed to only group all the installs in 1 folder in 1 drive only. That can be done by going to Steam > Settings > Downloads > Steam Library Folders which has a simple manager that manages your drives where the installs go. You cannot put the game on a different folder in the same drive. The only way you can do that in Steam is for non-Steam games, which is what you're gonna have to assign in this case.

There's no need for pirating or using a crack, because that will NOT have any affect on Steam.

Using a crack would bypass steam altogether and allow me to run the game in whatever folder I see fit. That's the point, it will render steam UNNEEDED, therefore steam won't stop me from the starting the game in a different folder.

I only have 1 drive. There is no other drive for me to put it in. How do I "assign Oblivion to be a non steam game"? I just wanna mod Oblivion but Wyre Bash tells me not to install it into the game directory if it's in PROGRAM FILES. So I need to remove the game from program files... SIMPLE.... but no steam doesn't like that...... I'm already over wanting to play this game again ANYWAY I'll just return it and if I ever wanna play it again I'll pirate it, which ironically gives me more ownership over the game itself. SMFH.

[Iceira]

That was First mistake you did , Oblivion is old and has its own issue in top of this what the Hell DO app they know about how things works in a pc, i have seen same BS from Skyrim Forum.

Game devs has use PROGRAM FILES sense vista , even in winxp , and game work fine over 20 years, No what has change is Security and NTFS VS FAT + old games issue with it.

and Security level has been raise over decads and how old games not working anymore. then once did, and that the problem here most cant see it and understand it, you need to be skilled enough and old tech dude from the past to even see the little dots from when to now.

im not after you , but thats history here if we can call security over time that effect out games.

ps.
point is if game was made before win7 and NTFS that was introduce under vista, then it can give grief

and game made to winxp PROGRAM F~ 8.3 extension thats your problem.

and most have forgot them old issue. and next gen ppl might not know such.

and i play Oblivion quite odd you also do this atm. thats why i tell you this.

point is, any who tell install thing in a diffrent location, miaht not see the issue.
well aint that funny even ms said install in Games\oblivion ( disk version ) Folder at root to avoid 8.3 issue
even that old piece of crap advice is lost in time.
lets see how many other geek that know such. ( and no im not a geek i have just been there over 40+ years on diffrent gamer system until later education kick in.)


and its not that it cant work at other place, its how do i explan it (many road lead to ROM , why the hell do you take the long way to it. ) and do all the wrong reason to get it fixed.

any "~" is a warning its a 8.3 and can be a issue on a NTFS system, it might work or give issue with newer system its was Original not made for and

even i lost a Morrwind playthough way back , things did not work on a ongoing game, and no i did not knew why, so even Knowledge has change over time, user are more skilled today then back then.

[CZBGR Icepick]

bLoWsMokE původně napsal:

Using a crack would bypass steam altogether and allow me to run the game in whatever folder I see fit. That's the point, it will render steam UNNEEDED, therefore steam won't stop me from the starting the game in a different folder.

I only have 1 drive. There is no other drive for me to put it in. How do I "assign Oblivion to be a non steam game"? I just wanna mod Oblivion but Wyre Bash tells me not to install it into the game directory if it's in PROGRAM FILES. So I need to remove the game from program files... SIMPLE.... but no steam doesn't like that...... I'm already over wanting to play this game again ANYWAY I'll just return it and if I ever wanna play it again I'll pirate it, which ironically gives me more ownership over the game itself. SMFH.

First of all, a crack isn't gonna directly bypass the Steam client to do what you intend to do. A crack changes the files of the game itself. You're doing nothing to resolve the concerns you have.

An experienced user would be very familiar with how to add a non-Steam game. It's been a menu item fixture for years.

You can move the entire Steam install directly on the C: drive without putting it in any subfolders. But if you don't want to do that, then just moving the install of that game alone to a place of your choice is the way to do it. That's when you can add it as a non-Steam game.

Other than that, Oblivion is generally a DRM-free game, that eliminates the need for a crack. You're doing yourself no favors using cracks anyway. While you're concerned about the folder issues with Wrye Bash, the mere fact the "Program Files" folder alone evokes an issue, does not mean the folder or location itself is the issue that you need to move the install elsewhere. Actually, it's probably the whole drive that can be an issue as well, so you're not really solving any problems by having an install on that same drive. According to the Wrye Bash instructions, the folder is protected by UAC. The resolution to get that to work is documented from the download page, and does not mention that you need to move folders. You only need to briefly bypass UAC to get Wrye Bash to work - not the game!

[Iceira]

Nice to see other recall old UAC issue, with Old games, and it was problem with it and without depend on what game.
CZBGR Icepick

make root dir "Games" ( thats the key here ( clue ), i cant recall where are read it from, but has lesser restrictions said MS i think it was ) way back at vista or win7 and win10 was not even there.

maybe other know what im talking about here. ( games there should run better with fewer restictions, cant say if MS fix this later then many old game start to work again. )

[crunchyfrog]

Yup as others have said, a crack solves nothing here. All that does is remove the check for authenticity via Steam. You've got an install problem as Oblivion is an older game.

Not the same thing at all.

I'm afraid you should listen to the two users above as they are coorect.

[flyer]

TopTuk původně napsal:

With new update u need to go C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\config

And edit libraryfolders.vdf, just add ur folder

"X"
{
"path" "UrLetter:\\UrFolderName"

{

}
}

where X - number

SIR! much appriciate! this post should be marked as a new solution in '21

[Daddy_Wankee]

The latest suggested solution did not work for me for some reason. I instead used this tool

https://github.com/LostDragonist/steam-library-setup-tool/wiki/Usage-Guide

Worked like a charm in less than a minute!

[magnapinna]

The new workaround 100% worked for me. I will say though that it was incredibly aggravating.

It was just one thing in that I kept missing. After a good hour or so of bashing my head into the keyboard, wondering why steam kept overriding the location I entered, I realised that every single backslash needs to be a double backslash meaning you can't just copy & paste from windows explorer address bar

The full formatting looks like this, in case anyone is struggling in the future

"libraryfolders"
{
"contentstatsid" "numbers"
"0"
{
"path" "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam"
.
.
.
.
.
.
{
}
}
"1"
{
"path" "C:\\Users\\me\\Documents\\Games\\Steam"
//You can leave this part blank and it'll auto-fill when you launch Steam//
}
}


Regardless, I still have no idea why Steam can't just let you do this in the app. I'm sure that there's a valid reason, but it would be good to know why we have to resort to bizarre workarounds for what seems like a common and simple issue.

[khobay]

magnapinna původně napsal:

The new workaround 100% worked for me. I will say though that it was incredibly aggravating.

It was just one thing in that I kept missing. After a good hour or so of bashing my head into the keyboard, wondering why steam kept overriding the location I entered, I realised that every single backslash needs to be a double backslash meaning you can't just copy & paste from windows explorer address bar

The full formatting looks like this, in case anyone is struggling in the future

"libraryfolders"
{
"contentstatsid" "numbers"
"0"
{
"path" "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam"
.
.
.
.
.
.
{
}
}
"1"
{
"path" "C:\\Users\\me\\Documents\\Games\\Steam"
//You can leave this part blank and it'll auto-fill when you launch Steam//
}
}


Regardless, I still have no idea why Steam can't just let you do this in the app. I'm sure that there's a valid reason, but it would be good to know why we have to resort to bizarre workarounds for what seems like a common and simple issue.

This does not work. Everytime Steam opens it simply overwrites the libraryfolders.vdf file.

[TopTuk]

khobay původně napsal:

magnapinna původně napsal:

The new workaround 100% worked for me. I will say though that it was incredibly aggravating.

It was just one thing in that I kept missing. After a good hour or so of bashing my head into the keyboard, wondering why steam kept overriding the location I entered, I realised that every single backslash needs to be a double backslash meaning you can't just copy & paste from windows explorer address bar

The full formatting looks like this, in case anyone is struggling in the future

"libraryfolders"
{
"contentstatsid" "numbers"
"0"
{
"path" "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam"
.
.
.
.
.
.
{
}
}
"1"
{
"path" "C:\\Users\\me\\Documents\\Games\\Steam"
//You can leave this part blank and it'll auto-fill when you launch Steam//
}
}


Regardless, I still have no idea why Steam can't just let you do this in the app. I'm sure that there's a valid reason, but it would be good to know why we have to resort to bizarre workarounds for what seems like a common and simple issue.

This does not work. Everytime Steam opens it simply overwrites the libraryfolders.vdf file.

Nope, edit C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\config\libraryfolders.vdf

[TheASVigilante]

magnapinna původně napsal:

The new workaround 100% worked for me. I will say though that it was incredibly aggravating.

It was just one thing in that I kept missing. After a good hour or so of bashing my head into the keyboard, wondering why steam kept overriding the location I entered, I realised that every single backslash needs to be a double backslash meaning you can't just copy & paste from windows explorer address bar

The full formatting looks like this, in case anyone is struggling in the future

"libraryfolders"
{
"contentstatsid" "numbers"
"0"
{
"path" "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam"
.
.
.
.
.
.
{
}
}
"1"
{
"path" "C:\\Users\\me\\Documents\\Games\\Steam"
//You can leave this part blank and it'll auto-fill when you launch Steam//
}
}


Regardless, I still have no idea why Steam can't just let you do this in the app. I'm sure that there's a valid reason, but it would be good to know why we have to resort to bizarre workarounds for what seems like a common and simple issue.

It just deleted what i edited when i relaunched steam

[TopTuk]

TheASVigilante původně napsal:

magnapinna původně napsal:

The new workaround 100% worked for me. I will say though that it was incredibly aggravating.

It was just one thing in that I kept missing. After a good hour or so of bashing my head into the keyboard, wondering why steam kept overriding the location I entered, I realised that every single backslash needs to be a double backslash meaning you can't just copy & paste from windows explorer address bar

The full formatting looks like this, in case anyone is struggling in the future

"libraryfolders"
{
"contentstatsid" "numbers"
"0"
{
"path" "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam"
.
.
.
.
.
.
{
}
}
"1"
{
"path" "C:\\Users\\me\\Documents\\Games\\Steam"
//You can leave this part blank and it'll auto-fill when you launch Steam//
}
}


Regardless, I still have no idea why Steam can't just let you do this in the app. I'm sure that there's a valid reason, but it would be good to know why we have to resort to bizarre workarounds for what seems like a common and simple issue.

It just deleted what i edited when i relaunched steam

file path and name u edit?

[Reimu Hakurei x3]

TopTuk původně napsal:

TheASVigilante původně napsal:

It just deleted what i edited when i relaunched steam

file path and name u edit?

I have the same issue, I even tried setting it as read-only afterwards to keep steam from deleting my addition, but that did not make it show up.

My LibraryFolders file looks like this.

"libraryfolders"
{
"contentstatsid" "662267105395437893"
"0"
{
"path" "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam"
"label" ""
"contentid" "662267105395437893"
"totalsize" "0"
"update_clean_bytes_tally" "0"
"time_last_update_corruption" "0"
"apps"
{

}
}
}
"1"
{
"path" "C:\\SteamLibrary"




There also seems to be two libraryFolder config files.

One in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\config

and one in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps for me. I modified both equally.




Goin on steam settings and Downloads, still only shows the default library. I have also been restarting Steam in-between changes.


Update: Ah, oops I forgot the two } }'s at the end, now it worked and it did not delete the text!